241.291. Mississippi and Missouri River islands to conservation commission or park board, exceptions--to county, when. - Missouri Statutes

Mississippi and Missouri River islands to conservation commissionor park board, exceptions--to county, when.

241.291. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections241.290 to 241.340, all lands belonging to the state, nototherwise appropriated, which have been formed by the formationof islands in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers within thisstate are hereby granted and transferred to the Missouriconservation commission for wildlife purposes. If the commissioncertifies that such islands have no present or potential valuefor wildlife use or recreation involving wildlife species, theislands shall then be transferred to the state park board forrecreational purposes. If the park board certifies that theislands are of no present or potential value for recreationalpurposes, they shall be transferred to the respective counties inwhich they are located.

2. All islands formed in the Missouri and Mississippi riverswithin this state after September 28, 1971, are the property ofthe state, and shall pass to the conservation commission or thestate park board for wildlife or recreational purposesrespectively in the same manner as provided in subsection 1 ofthis section for islands already formed, and if certified by boththe conservation commission and the park board as having no valuefor wildlife or recreational purposes, they shall pass to thecounties in which they are located, for the purpose and subjectto the power of survey and sale, as provided in sections 241.291,241.309 and 241.311.

(L. 1971 H.B. 140 §§ 1, 2)